{"id":90749,"date":"2022-01-15T17:21:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-15T16:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=90749"},"modified":"2022-01-15T17:21:38","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T16:21:38","slug":"gunmen-attack-imo-police-station-gun-down-inspector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/gunmen-attack-imo-police-station-gun-down-inspector\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen attack Imo police station, gun down Inspector"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1722036574667663173\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Imo State Police Command has confirmed an attack on Mgbidi Divisional Police Headquarters in the State by hoodlums, killing an inspector.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Police Public Relations Officer in the State, Michael Abattam, who confirmed the attack, said the incident occured on Friday when hoodlums invaded the station with sophisticated weapons.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nAccording to the PPRO, officers at the station engaged the hoodlums in a gun duel, adding that the assailants were repelled almost immediately.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nHe noted that the command subsequently launched an aggressive manhunt of the hoodlums with the aim of arresting them as they may not be able to run far due to huge damage done to them.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe statement reads in part, \u201cThe officers engaged the hoodlums in a gun duel.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cIn the process, the attackers were suppressed almost immediately, having suffered a huge defeat, with a number of them sustaining various degrees of bullet wounds, they retreated and escaped in the Toyota Hilux vehicle they came with. And were given a hot chase by the police operatives.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cHowever, in the course of the attack, a police Inspector lost his life, while another sustained minor bullet injury on his hand\u201d.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Imo State Police Command has confirmed an attack on Mgbidi Divisional Police Headquarters in the State by hoodlums, killing an inspector. 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